List of Power Houses and its Water Sources in Nilgiris District

S.No. Name of Power Installed Water Source Capacity

House capacity in
cusecs

1 Kundah 1 PH 3 x 20 MW Avalanche and *

Emerald Dams.
(60MW)

2. Kundah 2 PH 5 x 35 MW Kundah Forebay 1000

(175 MW)

3. Kundah 3 PH 3 x 60 MW Pegumbahallah 1000

Dam,Nirali Pallam
(180 MW)
and Kattery Weir

4. Kundah 4 PH 2 x 50 MW Pillur Dam 6000

(100 MW)

5. Kundah 5 PH 2 x 20 MW Western Catchment 700

Dam 1 and Upper
(40 MW)
Bhavani Dam

6. Kundah 6 PH 1 x 30 MW Western Catchment 683

Dams 2 & 3,
Porthimund Dam
and Parsons Valley
Dam

7 Pykara PH (Singara) 3 X 7 MW + Mukuruthy 351

Pykara,Sandynallah
1 X 11 MW +
And Glenmorgon
2X13.6 MW
Dam
(59.2 MW)

8 Pykara 3x50 MW Pykara dam *

Ultimate(PUSHEP)

9. Moyar PH 3 x 12 = 36 MW Moyar Forbay Dam, 446.25

Maravakandy Dam,
Pyakara Ph TailRace

10. Maravakandy PH 0.75 MW Discharge from 430

Pykara PH
S.No. Name of Power Installed Water Source Capacity
House capacity in
cusecs

11. Pykara Micro PH 2 x 1 = 2 MW Pykara Dam 300

12. Maravakandy PH 0.75 MW Discharge from 430

Pykara PH

13 Mukurthy Micro PH 2 X 0.35 MW Mukurthy Dam 1.98M

(0.70 MW)

Note: Major and Medium PH – More than 25MW

Small/ Mini/ Micro -Less than 25 MW
* Storage capacity not readily available
Map Showing Hydro Power Plant in Tamilnadu